Multicast expert system information dissemination system and method

Abstract

Multicast expert system information dissemination systems and methods making use of artificial intelligence are provided. The systems and methods include a wireless device for receiving RF multicast information messages from a content provider wherein said information is descriptive of objects potentially of interest to users of the device. Received multicast messages may include information parameters about objects of potentially interest to the user. The wireless device also includes a knowledge base prestored in the wireless device descriptive of the user's level of interest in various objects. Artificial intelligence expert system control is used to evaluate a combination of the user's level of interest in the object information and distance from the user to the location where the object may be obtained. The artificial intelligence expert system derives a user advisory action index. In one embodiment the artificial intelligence may be implemented using fuzzy logic inference engine apparatus.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
       1. A specifically programmed content provider communication computer system with at least one specialized communication computer machine comprising:
 a non-transient memory having at least one portion for storing data and at least one portion for storing particular computer executable program code; 
 at least one processor for executing the particular program code stored in the memory; and 
 at least one RF transceiver for signal transmission and/or reception of multicast information signals; 
 
       a database including selected parameters of an artificial intelligence expert system comprising:
 information identifying selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system, said users having indicated interest in select objects or situations offered by said content provider; 
 information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system; 
 information defining the location of said selected objects or situations; and 
 information enabling contact of said selected users via said RF multicast signal transmissions; 
 
       electronic circuitry of said specifically programmed content provider communication computer system configured to perform at least the following operations:
 accessing said database information including content descriptive of objects or situations indicated as being of interest to said selected users and defining the location of said objects or situations; 
 accessing said database information enabling contact of said selected users via said RF multicast signal transmissions; and 
 controlling transmission of RF multicast addressed signals comprising said content descriptive information from said database to defined limited coverage areas in defined proximity to the location of the object or situation of interest to said selected users; 
 
       wherein said RF multicast addressed signal information is used for electronic computational operations by at least one of said selected users comprising:
 determination of the location of said selected user and determining the distance or travel time between said user and the received location of said objects or situations from the content provider without disclosing the location of said user to said content provider thereby protecting said user privacy; 
 artificial intelligence expert system analysis of a combination of parameter ranges defining the user's level of interest in and distance or travel time to objects or situations of interest with expert defined propositional logic inference rules defining multiple conditional relationships of said parameters; and 
 artificial intelligence expert system generation of advisory action indices providing the user recommended actions regarding said objects or situations; 
 
       said limited defined coverage area of received RF multicast addressed signals from said content provider further providing:
 reduction of required signal spectrum in areas too far from the object or situation to be of interest to any user resulting in more efficient use of the RF signal spectrum; 
 minimization of signal transmission power requirements; and 
 minimization of signal processing requirements of users too far from the object or situation of interest and users not interested in said object or situation. 
 
     
     
       2. The database information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system of  claim 1  including descriptions of the objects or situations. 
     
     
       3. The database information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system of  claim 1  further comprising the location or venue of the objects or situations. 
     
     
       4. The database information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system of  claim 1  further comprising the value of the objects or situations. 
     
     
       5. The database information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system of  claim 1  further comprising photos or videos of the objects or situations. 
     
     
       6. The database information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system of  claim 1  further comprising selected features of the objects or situations. 
     
     
       7. The database information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system of  claim 1  further comprising one or more of system software for accessing system parameters, control information, status information, history, audio recordings, video recordings, image recordings, operational information, contact information, Internet addresses, telephone numbers, received messages, alarm signals and/or other information useful of the artificial intelligence expert system operations. 
     
     
       8. The database information descriptive of said selected objects or situations of interest to said selected users of said artificial intelligence expert system of  claim 1  being either partially or completely located remote from said specifically programmed content provider communication computer system as part of a remote server configuration, distributed database or in other distributed cloud-based computing and information storage systems. 
     
     
       9. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 1  wherein said RF multicast addressed signals are transmitted from a cellular telephone network transmitter. 
     
     
       10. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 1  wherein said RF multicast addressed signals are transmitted from a Wi-Fi signal transmitter. 
     
     
       11. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 1  wherein said RF multicast addressed signals are transmitted from a Bluetooth signal transmitter. 
     
     
       12. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 1  wherein at least one of said selected users is in a vehicle. 
     
     
       13. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 12  wherein at least one of said selected users is a driver of said vehicle and wherein said artificial intelligence generation of said advisory action indices providing the user recommended actions regarding said objects or situations minimizes driver cognitive distraction. 
     
     
       14. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 1  wherein said RF multicast addressed signal transceiver further comprises a directional and/or omnidirectional antenna. 
     
     
       15. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 1  wherein said RF multicast addressed signals from said content provider are further communicated via an information aggregator. 
     
     
       16. The specifically programmed content provider communication computer system of  claim 1  wherein said RF multicast addressed signals from said content provider are further communicated via a service provider. 
     
     
       17. The system of  claim 1  wherein the object or situation of interest to the user is located at a venue different than the location of the content provider. 
     
     
       18. The system of  claim 1  wherein multiple of said users are organized into one or more subgroups with common interests to receive RF multicast signal advisory messages intended for individual subgroups without any of these users disclosing their location to the content provider, service providers or aggregators. 
     
     
       19. The system of  claim 1  wherein the specifically programmed content provider communication computer system may be moved to different locations. 
     
     
       20. The system of  claim 1  wherein said artificial intelligence expert system control circuitry further comprises fuzzy logic inference control circuitry.